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jet planes.
1928: frank whittle began the work on a viable jet engine.
1930: frank whittle completed his engine.
1939: Hans von Ohain use a similar engine design to frank whittle to complete the first turbojet powered flight, called the Heinkel 178
1942: General Electric made the first American jet engine for the US army Airforce. the XP-59A had its first experimental aircraft flight in 1942.
1942: multiple test flights preformed on the XP-59A
1943: the XP-59A was first used in WW2.
1943: the Gloster Meteor (English plane) had its first experimental flight.
1950: the Korean war started.
1950-1953: developments made to jets to make them twice as faster the speed of sound.
1945: the cold war starts featuring the military race between the Soviet Union and United states of America.
1945-1991: the race of improvements on jets and other fighter plans to show that they were the better country and the better military, faster aerodynamic design, better jet propulsion and supersonic flying were made and developed in this time period.
1941: the Messerschmitt Me 262 (German Plane) first flight with a piston plane.
1944: the Messerschmitt Me 262 was first used in WW2
the leaders of Reichsluftfahrtministerium didn't understand the importance on the breakthrough of the he 178 and didn't understand the advantages of this jet propulsion.
1939-1940: the production of the Heinkel 178 had lost interest at the start of WW2.
1939-1945: the Heinkel 178 prototypes destroyed due to bombing raids.
1941: the Messerschmitt Me 262 was made instead of the Heinkel 178 (German Plane) and was the first flight with a piston plane
1944: the Messerschmitt Me 262 was first used in WW2
1944-1945: the Messerschmitt 262 didn't contribute plenty to the war.
1941: the Heinkel He 280 was the first true fighter jet and first flew in 1941. instead of the Heinkel 178.